A chopped up Piano-driven Alt Rock song by yours truly. It's about nightmares in a mind not used to their like. 

The Boo

Anamnesis

the courage it takes to keep on looking forward to another day

Shine Unique

What happens when you bully someone for a long time? Will they keep running? Or will they, eventually, turn around and confront you? Retaliation is something most bullies never expect.

You thought I was weak, humble and meek,
And all I could do was go,
"Eek, eek, eek!"

But running made me stronger,
So now, I run no longer.
You'd better run and hide,
I'm coming after you!

Now, I'm bigger than you.
Now, I'm better than you.
Now, I'm gonna eat you,
For dinner,
For dinner!
I'll have you for dinner!
I am the winner!
...
c.)2024 Meria/LL Prdns.

Cat Killer -Monster Mouse! Recorded by Haunted Gypsy

Underneath My Skin

The soul of the gypsy - the freespirit: Some people want it to conform, to be just like all the others. They want to shut down your free spirit, but secretly, they wish they could be free too...

"Reading your palm,
I see,
I see,
Lines that lead
To agony.

But I sleep quite comfortably,
Even though I know you want
To sell me...

Rockin' and Rollin'
Away,
My ship's not sinking,
But it sways.
You'll never know
The Roma ways..."

c.) Meria / LL Prdns. / Haunted Gypsy
Meria - Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Songwriting
Chris McGee - Drums, Percussion, Album Art

Recorded and Produced by Butch Kalson at the Sonic Igloo

Gypsy Soul, recorded by Butch Kalson

Sunshine survive

La Caíta ☪ Tangos De La Plaza Alta 1984

LQR  - The Jester.
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released 12 December 2025.

Lyrics:
I am the jester and the trademark is laughter
I am a jolly joker and my court is the world
I may be a bit sarcastic, overenthusiastic
Call me weird or wicked and say my mind is gnarled

Life is much too serious with war, disease, disasters
A prank, a joke, a gag to put a smile on your face
I ain’t no buffoon, you can call me the jester
A day without laughing is a total waste.

It ain’t my profession or compulsive obsession
Dispel those dark clouds, grin your black dog away
Ask yourself the question: “is it worth the depression”?
If the answer is “NO”, you better start to bray

Life can be hilarious, makes me burst out laughing
A caper, a jest, a silly joke to put a grin on your face
I ain’t no goon or no buffoon, you can call me the jester
Don’t take life too serious, just laugh it all away

Funerals, disasters, hangovers the day after
It’s all inherent in life, broken hearts, tremendous pain
Humiliation, grief and sorrow, like there’s no tomorrow
A few bumps in this road of life, time to change lane

Let your life be glorious, with lots of fun and laughter
Always time for pranks and jokes, like icing on your cake
I ain’t no fool or misfit, you can call me the jester
A day without laughter is a total waste


Track credits:
Written by LQR (lyrics: Arjan Bogaerts, music: Arjan Bogaerts, Wim van Doren, Johan Loos, Tim Maas, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion & Backing Vocals
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar & Mandolin
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Infused

The Jester

LQR  - Flesh of Gold.
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released 12 December 2025.

Lyrics:
In a far, far, far, far, far away land
Where nobody never ever could withstand
The power, the rush, but not for us
They will never ever share this source with us
But they’re prying for gold rush
The fire, the flame, the fame, the game

We keep wanting, we keep waiting for

Feasts of fortune - City of gold
Golden kingdom - Never grows old
Booze and hunger - Oh so bold
How could it be - They never grow old

When their source pours through their finer veins
You can see that they’ll unshackle from their chains
They feast and party and sing their song
But when the chime cries prime, we will invade
These men of gold, we masquerade
Finding ourselves on top shelve

We keep wanting, we keep waiting for

Feasts of fortune - City of gold
Golden kingdom - Never grows old
Booze and hunger - Oh so bold
How could it be - They never grow old

So we find ourselves in better lands
Tore it open with bare hands
Just to see how this city of gold
Could never ever grow old

And so we find what lies inside
We finally understand their pride
The tipsy rule this city
With a big-ass fountain of whiskey

Track credits:
Written by LQR (lyrics: Johan Loos, music: Johan Loos, Arjan Bogaerts, Tim Maas, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion & Backing Vocals
Tim Maas - Mandolin
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals
Frank van Hees - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Flesh of Gold

LQR  - Roundtrip (Through My Head)
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released 12 December 2025.

Lyrics:
Welcome inside my head, let me be your guide
I’ll show you everything you want to know
We can cruise down my memory lane, from birth to childhood’s end
Every year sorted in a row

All my ex-girlfriends and all the one-night stands
The reason they’re no longer in my life
My work, my education and all my favorite bands
It passes me by while we drive

Come and take a trip with me
Through my lusts, my fantasies
The hopes and the fears in my life
It’s all here for you to see
My dreams, my friends, my family
Waiting for you to arrive

Better stay by my side, when we’re in my head
It’s dangerous to wander around
Crazy thoughts and nightmares, undiscovered facts
When you’re lost you won’t be found

Everything I’ve been through, it’s all in my mind
Everything, the good and the bad
Every memory, every moment in my life
It’s all been stored… ‘till I’m dead

Come and take a trip with me
Through my lusts, my fantasies
The hopes and the fears in my life
It’s all here for you to see
My dreams, my friends, my family
Waiting for you to arrive
Waiting for you to arrive

Of course there are some skeletons in the closet over there
And fantasies I would rather like to hide
The infamy when I was dead drunk, the infamous scandalous times
Maybe I’ll show them our, our next ride
Our next ride

Come and take a trip with me
Through my lusts and my fantasies
It’s all here for you to see
My dreams, my friends and my family
Waiting for you to arrive
Waiting for you to arrive

Track credits:
Written by LQR (lyrics: Arjan Bogaerts, music: Arjan Bogaerts, Johan Loos, Tim Maas, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Roundtrip (Through My Head)

LQR  - There's No Way
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released 12 December 2025.

Lyrics:
Forgive me, my love
That it wasn’t enough
But I gave you all that I had
My soul and my heart
Though we never would part
For I believed all that you said

Now what can I do when your words are untrue
You no longer love me and push me around
You won’t leave me behind, they’ll know you were mine
When tomorrow our bodies are found

‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do

You can scream, you can shout
You can try to break out
You can tell me that I’ve gone insane
You know how I’ve felt
‘cause I’ve been held by you
In sorrow, in love and in chains

I don’t know what else I could possibly do
I love you so much, I’ll give my life for you
And you owe me yours, so I’m taking it now
We’ll be together somehow

‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do

‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do
‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do


Track credits:
Written by LQR (lyrics: Karin Guldemond, music: Karin Guldemond, Arjan Bogaerts, Tim Maas, Johan Loos, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals & Keys
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass
Wim Wouters - Drums

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

There's No Way

LQR  - Gypsy Geophrey's Caravan
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released 12 December 2025.

Lyrics:
Traveling through no man’s land
A home, a house, a caravan
With five brothers and one sis
With nowhere to go

Cruising through the desert land
A road that the wise men
foretold to our dynasty
Living out the prophecy

Time will tell us where we’ll go

We find glory and we treasure
Dancing, feasting, joy and pleasure
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

From Georgia to Afghanistan
Gypsy Geophrey’s caravan
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

Mother was a fortune teller
But should have written a bestseller
Knows the pleasure, knows the pain
Predicted the future of Charlemagne

Instead of being a storyteller
that had written a bestseller
Craving to be your key
Too busy being a VIP

Opulence is not for us

We find glory and we treasure
Dancing, feasting, joy and pleasure
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

From Georgia to Afghanistan
Gypsy Geophrey’s caravan
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scrabble
Celebrating elevation – Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

We find glory and we treasure
Dancing, feasting, joy and pleasure
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

From Georgia to Afghanistan
Gypsy Geophrey’s caravan
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

Traveling through no man’s land
A home, a house, a caravan
With five brothers and no sis
With nowhere to go

Track credits:
Written by LQR (lyrics: Johan Loos, music: Arjan Bogaerts, Johan Loos, Tim Maas, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion & Backing Vocals
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals
Frank van Hees - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Gypsy Geophrey's Caravan

LQR  - Lost My Love
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released 12 December 2025.


Lyrics:
Lost my love in the days of summer
Filled with a sad goodbye
Speak, I try as the days lay before me
Never to see, you and I

Calm and dark is the lake in the valley
Silent for all these years
Quietly stare at the rings on the water
when it was touched by my tears

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, darling

She looks friendly but I know her secret
I know, my love she hides
down in the depth of her cold blue body
It is for him that I cry

In the sunlight I see his reflection
Clear as were once his eyes
Beckoning me as I wade through the water
Soon I will be by his side.

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, darling

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, darling

Track credits:
Written by LQR (lyrics: Karin Guldemond, music: Karin Guldemond, Arjan Bogaerts, Tim Maas, Johan Loos, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion & Backing Vocals
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals
Frank van Hees - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Lost My Love

Meria is a songwriter/guitarist who sometimes sings... Sometimes she's also accompanied by a set of drums and a bass.  Check out Haunted Gypsy on Facebook and ReverbNation. Follow me (in a good way) and let me know what you think of my music. I work hard at everything I do, so I appreciate your comments.

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George sitting on a suitcase playing the guitar.

How does a bottle of whiskey sound when you let six musicians with a passion for folkrock, gypsy ska and true rock'n roll, do their thing? And what if those six musicians sound like a mixture of folk legends like The Pogues, Flogging Molly and Gogol Bordello? The answer is LQR! Up tempo folkrock shifts easily to a beautiful ballad, leaving the crowd in extase. LQR always a delivers a full-party guarantee!

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